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New service helps K12 libraries with genrefication

Ariana Fine | January 20, 2019

Follett has unveiled Follett Genre Solutions to help simplify genrefication for librarians and media specialists seeking to make the transition from the Dewey Decimal System to a more bookstore-like layout based on genres.

Multi-year primary library resource vendor contract

Ariana Fine | January 20, 2019

Mackin Educational Resources has been selected as provider for all print and digital books, audiobooks, videos and other resources for Fairfax County school libraries and professional library collections.

Sleep now, learn later

Ariana Fine | January 19, 2019

School districts around the country are experimenting with starting classes later to allow students to get extra sleep. While some dismiss the idea as pampering, Nathaniel F. Watson says there are solid scientific reasons to consider it. Lack of sleep hampers a student's preparedness to learn, negatively impacts physical and mental health, and impairs driving.

Data-driven decisions: How workforce information can help your school district

Ariana Fine | January 19, 2019

Most K12 leaders are familiar with using data to plan and target instruction more effectively. But they might not be aware of the many ways that tracking and analyzing employees' time and attendance data can reveal key trends and insights as well. Click for tips on making smarter decisions for your school.

Putting relationship quality at the center of education

Ariana Fine | January 19, 2019

Cognitive scientists showed us that emotion is not the opposite of reason; it's essential to reason. Emotions tell you what to pay attention to, care about and remember. Those early neuroscience breakthroughs remind us that a key job of a school is to give students new things to love—an exciting field of study, new friends. It reminds us that what teachers really teach is themselves with their contagious passion for their subjects and students.

ICYMI: Behind every good robot … is a CTE student

Tony DiRomualdo and Franco Girimonte | January 17, 2019

How today's high school career and technical education programs are preparing students for a heavily automated future.

Professional Opinion: 4 strategies to boost daily attendance

Tony DiRomualdo and Franco Girimonte | January 17, 2019

About 6 million students (1 out of 7) miss at least 15 days during the school year, according to the Department of Education. Valerie Marsh and Shaun Nelms offer four research-supported practices that have proven to boost attendance in real schools with real students.

South Bend School Board names its new superintendent

Ariana Fine | January 17, 2019

Deputy Superintendent C. Todd Cummings has been promoted to be the Indiana district's new superintendent. He will replace Kenneth Spells when he leaves at the end of the school year.

Virginia school system sues state in quest to arm teachers

Ariana Fine | January 17, 2019

Lee County Public Schools is asking a circuit court judge to order the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services to allow the system's superintendent to become a special conservator of the peace, a designation county officials believe would permit him to carry a gun on school property. The school system filed the lawsuit challenging the state's decision to bar the system's employees from carrying firearms.

Critical parents causing referee shortage in high school sports

Ariana Fine | January 17, 2019

More than 75 percent of all high school officials say "adult behavior" is the primary reason they quit. And 80 percent of all young officials hang up their stripes after just two years of whistle blowing. Why? Parents are verbally criticizing game officials or coaches. The shortage of licensed high school officials is now severe enough in some areas that athletic events are being postponed or cancelled.

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